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Sophia Hampton ’15 can’t quite decide what she wants to do mainly because she wants to do everything.

“I can’t tell you what I want to do,” she said, “Because it’s going to change.”

Hampton described how, in the past, her varied ambitions ranged from being an editor of Vogue, to being owner of a restaurant, to even being a member of the Peace Corps.

Now, however, she has become fixated on another career.

After a five week journalism course at Northwestern University over the summer, Hampton decided to take the parts she loved best about journalism- connecting with people through interviews and talking about important issues- and use them it construct her new life plan.

With lively passion, she detailed how she would love to be a lawyer. She discussed how she thinks it’s very similar to journalism, since they both would allow her to uncover the truth and “give a voice to the voiceless.”

Of course, with Hampton’s ambition, she wastes no time getting started. When she wanted to own a restaurant, she became president of the culinary club. So when she wanted to become a lawyer, she took up a summer internship at a law firm right after her journalism program.

But she playfully acknowledges that her dreams have changed before, and makes sure to add, “Right now I am so down to be a lawyer, but don’t be surprised if you find me in 30 years and I’m a marine biologist.”

Sophia Hampton, News Editor

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